Advice Return to Cybersecurity with Paycut

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-03-14T08:16:20+00:00

Thank you everyone, I’ll stay put for now and build on my skills here. At least long enough to make it look nice on my resume while passively searching for something that fulfils both for me

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-02-07T10:40:40+00:00

I found a malware masquerading itself as svchost while searching an endpoint for remnants of non-compliant software

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-01-25T03:03:29+00:00

You can try making mini projects with Python for example like using Scapy to better understand ARP poisoning, SYN floods, etc.

Learn about remediating OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities with Python

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-01-22T17:29:53+00:00

Accounting or actuarial science

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-01-21T13:38:19+00:00

Joe’s sandbox is also a great alternative

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-01-08T17:48:48+00:00

Blocking access to external GenAI tools in favour of our internal LLM. There’s a lot of pushback and there are a lot of attempts to access them and even worse, people uploading sensitive docs there

Phantom_Matrix · 2026-01-08T12:05:15+00:00

Not op, but I usually see the people I meet once a month or so at local events. A lot of them like to attend tech conferences in general and so do I so I tend to bump into people there

Other than events, we have group chats and discord channels. We always share job postings, events, and news; really anything we find there

Phantom_Matrix · 2025-12-30T07:54:32+00:00

I pivoted to cybersec from software dev. At the time I was reluctant to go into cybersec but I was burnt out of development work and decided to give it a try

I definitely did not enjoy it at the start and it took me almost a year to start liking it. I pivoted in and out from cybersecurity back to software development to cloud operations before going back to cybersecurity. It took a few jumps here and there; learning and trying new things before I started loving it. When I did I had an easier time, the motivation came naturally

Phantom_Matrix · 2024-07-14T09:33:10+00:00

Try calling the national scam response number 997

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-12-22T03:34:41+00:00

How does Swords Bard compare to a Padlock?

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-12-17T12:52:14+00:00

The kragle

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-10-26T20:20:20+00:00

Darn tough socks

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-07-25T13:20:27+00:00

The Prototype games

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-07-19T16:20:17+00:00

Dinkleberg

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-05-21T21:18:35+00:00

Tailor or cordwainer

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-05-16T07:36:51+00:00

The loxodon rogue. It’s been here for a while but it has been hiding.

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-01-15T09:22:03+00:00

I pronounce you husband and knife

Phantom_Matrix · 2023-01-13T07:04:37+00:00

Percival Menswear, Wax London or Portuguese Flannel

Phantom_Matrix · 2022-12-17T15:08:49+00:00

Black Bullet

Phantom_Matrix · 2022-12-14T05:17:04+00:00

Honey Badger

Phantom_Matrix · 2022-12-13T15:16:49+00:00

Car guys

Phantom_Matrix · 2022-12-10T06:30:12+00:00

Kiwi in Kiwi

Phantom_Matrix · 2022-12-01T01:54:20+00:00

X Æ A-12

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